The Church and Her Saints

Posted by Catherine Cavadini on Oct 31, 2019 7:05:00 AM

History is full of hope. This is what the saints tell us and why their stories should be told and celebrated in every day and age. The holy men and women who have gone before us direct our attention toward the final unfolding of history, when God will be all and in all. However, this is not always obvious, at least it wasn’t to me. As a young school girl, and even as a graduate student, history was a subject for study. I learned about the past, and often that past that didn’t seem to have much to do with me, at least not here and now, nor in the future. 

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Topics: communion of saints, Revelation, saints, St. Maximilian Kolbe, All Saints Day

St. Augustine's Analogy for Understanding the Trinity

Posted by Caitlin Sica on Jul 11, 2019 10:21:28 AM

“Do you have any questions I can answer for you before your Confirmation?” This is the standard question I ask my sophomores in high school to conclude their Confirmation interview. Typically, I get a quick “Nope, I don’t think so,” or “What time is rehearsal again?” But the young man sitting before me looked up seriously, “Well, yeah, actually, one small thing—Jesus is the Son of God, right? But he’s also God? I’m just a little confused by that whole thing.” 

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Topics: doctrine, Trinity, formation, Revelation, St. Augustine

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